Improvement in overcoats



W. SWEATM AN. Overcoat.

No. 216.359. Patented June 10, 1879.

Ma (725/27 y,

N PETERS. FHUTO-UTHOGRAFNER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SWEATMAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN OVERCOATS. I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,359, dated June 10, 1879; application filed August 12, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SWEATMAN, of Boston, in the county of Suifolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Overgarment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of the two front portions of my overgarment. Fig. 2 is a plan of the two portions of the back of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the collar.

My present invention consists in an overgarment having its front formed like a sack overcoat, and its back like a circular or Spanish cloak, the sides of the latter serving as sleeves to cover the arms, and being turned up and over the wrists when desired to use'the hands, the said garment being of unique style and hanging gracefully upon the form of the wearer.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In Fig. 1 of the said drawings, A A represent the two sides of the front of the overgarment, these front portions A A being cut in the form of the front of an ordinary sack overcoat, buttoning up the breast, and provided with pockets a a b b.

B B, Fig. 2, are the two halves of the back, out like the back of an ordinary circular or Spanish cloak, said halves B B of the back being united to each other on the line 0, and

to the front portions, A A, on the line (1, and hanging loosely from the shoulders of the wearer.

The sides of the back B B, or cloak portion, drop over and cover the arms and serve as sleeves therefor, the hands being protected thereby and kept warm in cold weather.

When it is desired to use the hands, the edge of each side of the back or cloak portion, B B, may be readily turned up over the wrist, as shown by the dotted lines 6 e, and thus serve as a cufi".

The collar 0 is of a well-known pattern, and is provided with a throat-strap, f, to hold the two front edges together when the collar is turned up in cold or inclement weather.

From the foregoing it will be seen that an overgarment made in accordance with my invention fits loosely and gracefully the form of the wearer, and is warm, comfortable, and

convenient, beside being of attractive and unique style.

What I olaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improvement in overgarments, the within-described combined overcoat and cloak, formed of the front portions, A A, of a sack overcoat, and the back portions, B B, of a circular cloak, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 9th day of August, A. D. 187 8.

WM. SWEATMAN.

In presence of- N. W. STEARNS, W. J. CAMBRIDGE. 

